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Italian conductor Daniele Gatti was born in Milan on 6 November 1961. He studied piano and later composition and conducting at Milan's Verdi Conservatory.
He has held a series of high profile positions: principal conductor of the Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (1992-97), principal guest conductor at Covent Garden (1994-97), principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1996-2009), where he was credited with restoring the RPO to equal status with the other London orchestras, music director of the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (1997-2007), music director of the Orchestre National de France (2008-16) and principal conductor at Zurich Opera House (2009-12).
In 2016 he became chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra but his appointment was terminated abruptly in 2018, following a Washington Post article citing two women accusing him of sexual misconduct and accusations of inappropriate behaviour by a number of female colleagues. Despite credible charges of abuse, he was somehow able to make a return to conducting, at least in Italy, becoming music director of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma at the end of 2018.
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